1) See the night view of Seoul at Namsan Tower
(I have heard Namsan Tower is slightly overrated so I went to Seoul Sky at Lotte Tower instead!)
2)Try on a hanbok**
3) Go to Myeongdong and buy K-beauty stuff********(I probably spent way too much money in Myeongdong)
4) Visit Gyeongbukgung*****(I know this palace like the back of my hand now)
5) Go to the Bukchon Hanok Village*
6) Take a weekend trip to Jeju Island*
7) Do underground shopping in Gangnam Station*
(Overrated. I would much prefer shopping in the Ewha area)
8) Visit the Starfield Library at COEX mall*

#6 – late October

#8 – mid-December

#10 – October

#12 – Seoul Lantern Festival in early November

#13 – early December

#18- day trip to Suwon

Things to do

9) Try a jjimjilbang(ended up not going because I couldn’t match schedules with friends… next time!)10) Visit Seoullo 7017*
(It would have been really pretty in the spring!)11) See an arts performance*
(Sister Act was so fun to watch although it was awkward being the only one laughing at American jokes)12) Walk along the Cheonggyecheon Stream*
13) Take a guided tour of the DMZ and Panmunjom*
14) Go karaoke at the infamous Su Noraebang in Hongdae**
15) Go night shopping at the Dongdaemun Market*16) Hike at Bukhansan when the leaves are changing color
17) Visit Chinatown in Incheon
18) Take a day/weekend trip to a smaller city or town*

#14 – mid-December

Cafe culture
​19) Visit a dog cafe*
(Tip: visit in the morning)20) Visit a cat cafe
21) Visit a raccoon cafe
22) Go to a hanok cafe*
(Soooooooo pretty!)23) Visit the cafes of Garosu-gil(I went to Garosu-gil…but didn’t go to a cafe. Does that count?)

Museums
​30) Seoul Museum of History
31) Korea Furniture Museum
32) National Museum of Korea*
33) National Museum of Contemporary Korean History*34) Museum Kimchikan35) National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul*

#36

Inner K-pop/K-drama fangirl
​36) Eat at the YG Republique***37) Visit the SM cafe
38) Take a photo at a K-drama film location*
(Pedestrian tunnel in Sinchon near Ewha and Yonsei)39) See a hologram K-pop concert(I didn’t see a hologram K-pop concert- but I did see a real one instead!)40) Eat at a restaurant owned by a celebrity*

#38 – early October (The tunnel is now under repair and repainted white)

#40 – Aori Ramen is owned by Seungri of BIGBANG

Bonus items – these weren’t on the original list!

41) Taking a photo with the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic mascots*
42) Going to a K-pop concert*
(still in disbelief that I saw Highlight live)43) Taking photos at Haneul Park*

#41- late December

#42- Although we ended up with seats in the second to last row, it still wasn’t bad at all!

#43

#45 – Doing 108 prostrations at Mt. Myogaksa Temple (late November)

Bonus Items – cont’d

44) Becoming a regular at a cafe!*
(the owner of Charcoal remembers my sugar level preference in my milk tea) 45) Doing a temple stay
46) Photoshoot with friends at Ewha
47) Seeing YouTubers!
48) Watched a musical in Korean(Watched Titanic the musical in Korean, didn’t understand everything but the experience was cool)

While I still didn’t get to do everything that I wanted to do, I am really glad and happy that I was able to make time to have a variety of experiences abroad. I had a ton of fun doing different activities and learned about a number of topics through meaningful experiences. Overall, I do think that it has been a semester well spent.